In four boxes illustrate the main parts of the Ngarrindjeri Creation story in the sequence of events.
For the Ngarrindjeri people of South Australia the Murray River was formed when the great Ancestral Being, Ngurunderi, followed his runaway wives after a
quarrel.
He arrived at the meeting of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers where he saw and tried to spear Pondi (the Murray cod).
Pondi darted away, the sweeps of his tail deepening and widening the creeks and shaping the river.
Ngurunderi rested at Wellington, made a fire and sent smoke signals to his brothers-in-law, asking for help to find his wives and telling them about the giant
Pondi. As Pondi entered Lake Alexandrina where fresh and saltwater mix, he was speared. Ngurunderi cut him up and threw the pieces into the water, creating
In four boxes illustrate the main parts of the Ngarrindjeri Creation story in the sequence of events.
For the Ngarrindjeri people of South Australia the Murray River was formed when the great Ancestral Being, Ngurunderi, followed his runaway wives after a
quarrel.
He arrived at the meeting of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers where he saw and tried to spear Pondi (the Murray cod).
Pondi darted away, the sweeps of his tail deepening and widening the creeks and shaping the river.
Ngurunderi rested at Wellington, made a fire and sent smoke signals to his brothers-in-law, asking for help to find his wives and telling them about the giant
Pondi. As Pondi entered Lake Alexandrina where fresh and saltwater mix, he was speared. Ngurunderi cut him up and threw the pieces into the water, creating
silver bream, mullet and the Murray cod.